In the Duke's studio, Duke is communicating with his accountant David. After the New Year, the financial pressure on 5000th Century Fox has eased. Except for the 1700 million US dollars that Duke invested in "Titanic", their first The remaining arrears of more than [-] million US dollars were paid off in a short time, and the interest was paid according to the bank interest rate.

Warner Bros. is also unwilling to lag behind. Because of the relationship with overseas distributors, the overseas share of "Saving Private Ryan" has only paid 3000 million US dollars to Duke for the time being, but it guarantees that the remaining payment will arrive within a month. .

They wanted to be in Duke's new film.

There are two reasons why these people are so active. One is that "Chicago" is not a super hit compared to Duke's previous works, but it has also achieved success. The second is that the theme of Duke's new work is science fiction and plans to return Summer file!

"The king of the summer file is back in the summer file. Is there any reason for Warner Bros. not to be involved?"

On the Warner Bros. board of directors, in the face of many independent directors and executive directors, CEO Jeff Robinoff made such eloquent words.

Of course, this project is just a finished script, everything is in the initial stage, and Duke just let Nancy Josephson leak a little bit of news.

Although as early as 94, the outline and character design of the script were filed by him in the Screenwriters Association, Duke still bought the right to adapt a comic book, which did not cost much, which could reduce unnecessary follow-up troubles.

But that's all. This kind of thing can never be avoided in Hollywood. Think about those successful films in the past, which one has no so-called plagiarism voices and people who jumped out to get a share after the big hit?

Even if this kind of lawsuit is basically a must-lose ending, there are still screenwriters and writers jumping out one after another, and they are desperately trying to get involved with these well-known movies.Gain eyeballs with controversy, and then sell their works.

The most typical example is that a certain writer who once accused James Cameron of plagiarizing the movie "Man. Rape" was sold out in a short period of time after the media reported it extensively...

Interest is the biggest reason for attracting these people.

With a large amount of funds in hand, Duke took out part of it and prepared to invest it in Yahoo.After I noticed this website from Kelly last time, I asked someone to check it out. One of the founders did have a surname Yang. Although I found a lot of specific information, it was useless to him, because he don't remember at all...

Duke is going to invest the funds received by [-]th Century Fox into the stock market, and it would be better if it can be invested directly.The team led by David will contact some shareholders of Yahoo to see if they can buy shares from them, or wait for Yahoo's next share expansion financing.

If you are really not qualified to go in and share the cake, then you can count as much as you can buy from the stock market.

He will hold back the rest of the funds for the time being, and Charles Rowan has promised him to be the production manager of another project.The two will conduct specific discussions in the next period of time, and then a large sum of money will flow to New Zealand. Tolkien's epic masterpiece will require two years or more of preparation time.

These are the tasks for the next few months, and they need to be carried out step by step according to the plan.There is no rush.

Recently, not only Warner and Fox have come together, but even Disney has tried to re-establish a good relationship with Nancy Joseph. The rising box office of "Chicago" has proved that Duke can stand out from the fierce competition if he can't sweep all the opponents out of the summer.

After entering 1997, the number of theaters for "Chicago" has fallen below 1000.The box office on weekdays was even less than US$100 million in a single day. By mid-January, the North American box office of the film had accumulated US$1 million, and the number of theaters continued to shrink.

The other two films in the same period, "Star Trek: First Strike" have been forced to drop due to the rapid decline in the box office. The North American box office finally stopped at 9175 million US dollars. Compared with "Chicago", it is fully It interprets the saying that winning first is not winning.

The number of theaters for "The English Patient" has always adhered to the release strategy of award-winning films, and the number of theaters has remained at around 500. The North American box office has gradually approached 2800 million US dollars.

Due to the limited investment of "Chicago" in the competition for awards, recently, Miramax and "The English Patient" have clearly taken advantage of public relations. However, Duke's goal is to nominate Oscars first, and "Chicago" wants to win Oscars. It is not impossible to make a difference in the awards ceremony, but it is difficult.

In late January, the 69th Oscar Nominees Luncheon was held at the Regency Hotel in Beverly Hills as scheduled. Duke did not attend, but Nancy Josephson attended on his behalf. As everyone expected, " Chicago" and "The English Patient" became the biggest winners in Arthur Miller's nomination list.

The English Patient won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Score, Best Sound Effects, Best Actor With a total of eleven nominations for Best Actress and Best Actress, Miramax has won a big victory!

"Chicago" did not give in too much, and won the best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best editing, best art direction, best costume design, best original song, and best actor and Best Actress in a total of ten nominations.

Under the operation of Nancy Josephson, Naomi Watts was nominated for the first Academy Award for acting in her life, and Tom Cruise, who was under attack, also got his wish. After a lot of work, he finally won the Second Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

As for Catherine Zeta Jones, her performance is indeed no worse than that of Naomi Watts, but she is just a newcomer to Hollywood, and her agent, Vivienne, is not in a large entertainment agency, and she wants to be nominated , It will take a few more years of qualifications.

"Yes!"

In the mansion in Beverly Hills, Tom Cruise shook his fist excitedly. He didn't attend the nominees luncheon. He just got the nomination list from Pat Kingsley, and he seemed to see the Oscar statuette is waving to him.

Nicole Kidman also saw this list, and sat beside her with a white face without saying a word, feeling a little bad, and the reason was very simple - Naomi Watts was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress!

A person who once needed her support, even relief, suddenly turned around and achieved achievements far surpassing hers, and only I can experience the taste of it.

Just because she climbed up to the director Duke Rosenberg, so now she is faintly among the ranks of the quasi-first-class actresses in Hollywood, and what about herself?Or a vase that relies on Tom Cruise?What's the difference between her and Naomi Watts?It's just that the man standing behind is different, and it makes a huge difference in the results!

Eyes turned to Tom Cruise, he was still excited, but Nicole Kidman knew that if she relied on him, her future would not be able to go any further, even Tom Cruise himself, after many years of absence Didn't he rely on Duke Rosenberg to get the best actor nomination?

"Hey, honey!" Tom Cruise turned his head to look this way, "Aren't you happy for me?"

Nicole Kidman forced a smile, "Of course I'm happy for you, congratulations, Tom."

"Giving up the previous conflicts and cooperating with Duke, this step is too correct!"

Standing up and walking around the sofa, Tom Cruise was still talking to himself, "The film's North American box office is close to 1 million US dollars, and it has also received 5000 Oscar nominations. We are a veritable winner. !"

Although he only has a salary of 500 million US dollars and can't get a share of the box office, Tom Cruise is rarely satisfied, and the Oscar for Best Actor in his dream is close at hand!

Looking at her excited husband, Nicole Kidman temporarily suppressed negative emotions such as jealousy and resentment. After all, they are husband and wife. Although conflicts and conflicts have been escalating in the past year or so, they are truly a community of interests.

"Tom, should you call?" She couldn't help reminding.

Cruise froze, and asked strangely, "Call? Who to call?"

Nicole Kidman sighed in his heart, Cruise is still so incompetent, this year's Oscar nomination is considered a victory, it is too difficult for him to win the award, and Duke Rosenberg's works can make He won a nomination once, and there will probably be a second time. If there is no thank-you phone call to close the relationship at this moment, will it have to wait until after the Oscars?

"Shouldn't you call Duke?" Nicole Kidman said slowly, "We have no conflicts with him now, don't say you don't see the need to befriend him!"

As long as someone reminds him, Tom Cruise is still very shrewd. He immediately understood, walked to the phone in a hurry, and dialed a private number.

"Hi Duke, it's me."

After all, he is not a real idiot, and Tom Cruise is also very nice when he says beautiful words, "It's nothing, I just want to say thank you! No, no, no, I must say, I am very grateful to you for giving me this This is my second chance, thank you very much for your help, if I can get the best actor, I will invite you to Las Vegas to have a carnival, that’s the deal!"

Hanging up the phone, turning to look at Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise nodded to her, which is more important, the previous conflicts or the real gains?

That's something Tom Cruise is thinking about.

On the other hand, Duke has already considered this issue. As long as Liangtang no longer violates his interests, he is too lazy to continue to entangle. After all, there is no irreconcilable conflict between the two parties like Sean Connery and Mel Gibson.

At this stage, he is thinking about how "Chicago" can use the Oscar nomination list to re-expand its release and push it overseas. (to be continued~^~)

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